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EMBODIED ENERGY IN RESIDENTIAL COST EFFECTIVE UNITS

1Deepak

Bansal 2Pooja Nandy

1Deepak

Bansal IE (I), CEAI (FIDIC), ISWE, IASE, BIS, IMS, Assistant. Chief (Projects), Design and Development Wing, Housing and Urban Development Corporation, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 110003, India 2Pooja Nandy, Senior Project Appraisal Officer (Architect), Design and Development Wing, Housing and Urban Development Corporation, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 110003, India

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Vision Statement

To quantify the EEV of Single Storied House up to 50 sqm of plinth area, as HUDCO Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited has designed/constructed hundreds of this type of houses in the country. To understand the EEV of different components of the House. To See the ratio of EEV and operational Energy in Cost effective Houses.
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Goal and Objective

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The main objective is to study the embodied energy values of walling materials used for cost effective houses up to 50 sq.m. The most important criteria for judging the energy efficiency of this housing typology has to fixed- whether Embodied energy or Maintenance/ Operational Energy. The following methodology was used: This Exercise is based on the bill of quantities of the single storied tenement type of houses up to 50 sqm plinth area designed/constructed by HUDCO and are cost effective houses. The bill of quantities of the various types of cost effective houses proposed by HUDCO are quantified, analyzed and the basic building materials are calculated as cement, sand, aggregates, steel, bricks on per sqm of plinth area basis, which require the almost all the energy in Construction of the house. The components like plumbing, electrical, finishing items are not calculated as mostly these houses had the basic minimum of them. The energy used for running the energy efficient electrical fixtures in the house is evaluated. The comparison in the Embodied energy and Maintenance/ Operational Energy is done over the life cycle of the house say 50 years.
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Methodology

The Typology of the house taken in this paper are :


Houses with Strip footing in brick masonry in cement mortar 1:6, DPC 40 mm Thick cement concrete Brick wall 230/115mm thick in cement mortar 1:6 12mm/15mm cement plaster 1:6 CC skirting/Dado 12 mm thick 300/1200 mm high RCC M20 roof 115 mm thick CC Gola, khurrah Mud Fuska with Brick tiles Parapet in brick work 900mm high CC Coping 40mm thick PCC IPS- Indian Patent Stone flooring, minimum Joinery

This Exercise is based on the bill of quantities of the single storied tenement type of houses designed/constructed by HUDCO and is cost effective houses. If the Cluster approach is to be adopted, the quantities of Materials will vary.
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Green Building - Genesis

It is believed that about 30 % of Energy is used in construction activities alone, and building construction constitutes a major part of all construction activities.
Now the emphasis is towards construction of Green buildings with the objective of minimizing the uses of energy in building in terms of Embodied energy and maintenance/operational energy (Electrical, Water, Thermal, Sound, Sanitation, HVAC etc). In Green buildings all the emphasis is on the usage of Fly ash, Construction wastes, materials from the vicinity (To reduce Transportation energy) and materials with less EEV- Embodied Energy Value, besides effective utilization of water, rain water harvesting, Solar, wind , Landscaping and orientation of buildings to minimize the usages of energy in buildings.

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Available Options

There are many agencies like TERI-GRIHA, USGBC, LEEDS & BEE- Energy Conservation Building Conservation code, who are advocating the concept of Green Buildings very aggressively in India, by releasing guidelines on the planning and designing of buildings as well as they are doing certification of the green buildings. However they have not yet quantified the basic Minimum EEV of different types of buildings and their minimum maintenance/operational energy required on area or volume basis, so that, this can be quantified easily, by metering these parameters (Embodied and Operational Electrical Energy).
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Embodied Energy Values for Materials of Construction


E mbodied E nerg y Values (E E V) for Different B uilding Materials E E V for Different B uilding Materials : E E V(S oil) E E V(C ement) E E V(S and) E E V(F ly as h) E E V (S teel) E E V (S tandard B rick) E E V (C lay flyas h B rick) E E V (S and L ime B rick) Hollow C oncrete B lock Aerated B lock F al G B lock S olid C oncrete B lock

0.00 6.70 0.00 0.00 32.00 4.50 2.32 2.79 11.00 11.50 7.90 10.40

MJ /cum MJ /K g MJ /cum MJ /cum MJ /K g MJ /B rick MJ /B rick MJ /B rick MJ /B rick MJ /B rick MJ /B rick MJ /B rick

S ize(mm)-229x114x76 S ize(mm)-200x100x100 S ize(mm)-200x100x100 S ize(mm)-400x200x200 S ize(mm)-400x200x200 S ize(mm)-300x200x150 S ize(mm)-300x200x150

(Reference: IE (I) Journal-AR-Page 47-50, vol 84, October-2003, Dr P S Chani, Dr Najamuddin, and Dr S K Kaushik):
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Calculation of EEV of Hydra form block :( Hydra form India (P) Ltd) (2).
B lock Dimension(m) L ength (+-) 0.23 Width 0.22 B locks per shift, 8 working hours Height 0.115

P roduction C apacity (Model: M7S 2E ) 2800 Weight of S oil based block(kg) 11 Weight of F ly ash based block (kg) 9.5 T otal weight of S oil based mix (kg) 30800 T otal weight of F ly ash base mix(kg) 26600 Vol of each B lock (in cu.m) 0.006 T otal volume of blocks produced(cu.m) 16 Density of soil base block( per cum) 1890 Density of F ly ash base block(per cum) 1633 T he mix ratio of blocks can change on individual site due to type of S oil & C ompressive S trength required.
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EEV of SEB
E E V break up for S E B Interloc king bloc k us ing Hydraform T ec hnolog y R aw Material % ag e Weig ht (kg ) S oil 62.00% 19096 C . S and/ S t. D us t 30.00% 9240 C ement 8.00% 2464 T otal 100.00% 30800 P ower : 18.5 kwh x 8 hr x 3.64 MJ T otal E E V per day production E E V per Hydraform B loc k (S E B ) (s iz e: 230 x 220 x 115) E E V (MJ ) 0 0 16509 16509 539 17048 6.09

E E V break up for F ly As h interloc king bloc k us ing Hydraform tec hnolog y R aw Material % ag e F ly As h 65.00% C . S and/ S t. D us t 27.00% C ement 8.00% T otal 100.00% P ower : 18.5 kwh x 8 hr x 3.64 MJ T otal E E V per day production E E V per Hydraform B loc k (F ly As h) (s iz e: 230 x 220
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Weig ht (kg ) 17290 7182 2128 26600

E E V (MJ ) 0.00 0.00 14258 14258 539 14796 5.28


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Specification for the housing Typology studied


S.no. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SPECIFICATIONS Structure Wall Roof Flooring Skirting/Dado Plaster Mud Fuska
Load Bearing Structure 230mm Thick Brick Masonry In 1:6 Cement : Coarse Sand, Mortar Flat Rcc Roof (M20),115 Mm Thick With TMT Fe 500d Reinforcement 40 Mm Thick Cement Concrete (1:2:4) Flooring 12 Mm Thick 300/1200mm High, 1:6 Cement :Coarse Sand Mortar 12/15mm 1:6 Cement : Coarse Sand 100 Mm Average With Brick Tiles

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Parapet
Joinery
CC Gola/Khurrah/Coping
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900mm High In 115 Mm Thick Brick Masonry In 1:4 Cement


Sand Mortar MS Frames With Steel Grills And Glass Panels 1:2:4 P.C.C.
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Typical LIG House

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EEV and Compressive Strength


C omparative C hart for E mbodied E nerg y Value (E E V) & C ompres s ive S treng th for Different B uilding Materials B uilding Material B rick (conventional) Hollow concrete block AAC /C L C S olid C oncrete B lock HF (fly as h block) HF (s oil-cement block) F alG B lock S iz e (c m) 22.9x11.4x7.6 40x20x20 40x20x20 30x20x15 23x22x11.5 23x22x11.5 30*20*15 C omp. S treng th Weig ht (kg ) Dens ity E E V(B loc k) E E V (MJ /kg ) (kg / s q.c m) (kg /C u.m) MJ +- 75 2.75 1386 4.5 1.64 +- 40 26.88 1680 11 0.41 +- 40 19.2 1200 11.5 0.60 +- 75 21.6 2400 10.4 0.48 +- 70 9.5 1633 5.3 0.56 +- 50 11 1890 6.1 0.55 +- 75 18 2000 7.9 0.44

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EEV of typical house with following masonry option

B ric ks E E V (MJ ) of B uilding P er S qm of P linth Area E ng lis h B ond Item Material EEV E E V per requirement per S qm of S qm of P linth P linth area Area B ric k 460 Nos 4.5 MJ /B ric k 2070 EN ER GY ( EEV) OF D I FFER EN T B U I LD I N G C OM P ON EN TS ( B R I C K M A S ON R Y C ement 5 B ag 6.7/MJ /K g 1675 S teel 16 K g 32 MJ /K g 512 S and 0.65 C um 0 0 Aggregates Sand Aggregates 0.45 c um 0 0 0% 0% T otal 4257 Steel

12% Brick 49% Cement 39%


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Fly Ash Blocks


HF F ly as h B L O C K S Item E E V (MJ ) of B uilding P er S qm of P linth Area Material requirement per S qm of P linth Area 160 Nos 4.55 B ag 16 K g 0.55 C um 0.45 cum EEV E E V per ENERGY S qm of P linth area B locks C ement S teel S and Aggregates T otal 5.28 MJ /B rick 6.7/MJ /K g 32 MJ /K g 0 0 844.8 1524.25 512 0 0 2881.050
Steel 18%

(EEV) VALUES FOR BUILDING COMPONENTS (FLY AS

Aggregates 0%

Sand 0%

Blocks 29%

Cement 53%

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Masonry Options- Comparative EEV


S No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Mas onry B ric k R at-T rap S olid C onc rete HF S E B HF F lyas h F alG AAC /C L C Hollow

E E V(MJ )/S qm of P linth Area % S av ing 4257.000 0 4077.000 4% 3063.550 28% 3010.650 29% 2881.050 32% 2808.550 34% 2676.000 37% 2646.000 38%
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Comparative chart for EEV


B uilding Material S iz e (in c m) Wall No of C os t/C u.m C os t/S q.m (R s ) T hic knes s units /s qm (R s ) (in c m) (Approx) (Approx) 20 13 3600 720 23 116 2400 552 20 13 2700 540 23 40 2800 616 23 40 2800 616

AAC B rick Hollow C oncrete B locks HF (fly as h block) HF (s oil-cement block)

40 x 20 x 20 22.9 x 11.4 x 7.6 40 x 20 x 20 23 x 22 x 11.5 23 x 22 x 11.5

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Maintenance/Operational energy:

In these residential units, only energy required are Electrical energy and cooking gas energy. The Electrical energy can be quantified as per electrical load sanctioned in these types of houses with most efficient electrical appliances used in the houses, like CFL 15 W for lights-7 nos, 2- 60 W fans, 1Refrigrator 75 W, 1-TV, 1-Room cooler 100 W and power points. Average running of the appliance per month is as per following table 17: Total electrical consumption (units per hours) (Source BSES Energy Bill -Delhi) Total 3.30 Units per day or 99 Units per months in winters i.e. 356.40 MJ Total 6.18 Units per day or 185.40 units per Month in Summers i.e. 667.44 MJ.
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Electrical Energy Use

The Plinth Area of the Unit at Plate 2 is 29 sqm, EEV =29*4257MJ (Table 6) = 123.45 GJ Maintenance/operational Energy per year= 99*3+185.4*9 (assuming 3 month winter & 9 month summer) = 1965.40 Units/Years or 7076.16 MJ/ year= 7.076 GJ/ year The Electrical energy in use overtakes the embodied energy of the unit after 17.4 years.

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OPERATIONAL / EMBODIED ENERGY


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Conclusion

In India Ratio of EEV to Maintenance Energy of the Residential units is much higher compared to UK houses and this should be main criteria for judging the Energy efficiency of the houses considering the fact that life of a house is about 50-60 years in India. As a thumb rule the energy in use overtakes the embodied energy of the houses in 5 years of use of a residential building in UK and in India this takes about 20 Years. Hence, over the lifetime of a building it is definitely very useful to take steps to reduce the energy in use through active and passive solar/ climatic design measures, but it more important to use the building materials with low EEV and quantities of the materials must be minimized, especially masonry. This is also clear that the masonry by burnt Bricks, takes very high amount of EEV, and the materials like Hollow Cement Concrete blocks, AAC/CLC etc requires much less EEV. Hence Planning as well as Intervention by Cost effective building materials, can significantly bring down the EEV of the

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